Behavioral estrous signs can predict the time of ovulation in mithun (Bos frontalis)

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1391-1396

  Mondal, Mohan ^a   Rajkhowa, Chandan ^a   Prakash, B S ^b  

^a National Research Centre on Mithun India   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Estrous behavior; Mithun; Ovulation predictor; Ovulation time

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; MALE; OVULATION; PARITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS FRONTALIS;

EID: 33747674211     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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